On Tuesday 23 October 2007 23:17, Keller, Damon A SPC MIL USA FORSCOM wrote: > That's one of the resions why I play with other distros more these days. > Ubuntu never asks you to set a root when you install. And as you can see, > you need root from time to time. > It's pretty trivial to enable a regular root account if you want it.
sudo -i will also get you to a root shell. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo gives details. It's a pretty odd thing to base distro selection on in my opinion. Scott K -- ubuntu-server mailing list ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam